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Re: ddos attacks

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dobbins, Roland)
Thu Dec 19 08:17:36 2013

From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:17:19 +0000
In-Reply-To: <52B2B3F9.4060404@fud.no>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org


On Dec 19, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Tore Anderson <tore@fud.no> wrote:

> So in order for an Anti-DDoS appliance to be functional the network needs=
 to be able to withstand the DDoS on its own. How terribly useful.

Due to the nature of network infrastructure devices and TCP/IP, it's quite =
necessary that they themselves are resilient in the face of attack:

<https://app.box.com/s/osk4po8ietn1zrjjmn8b>

This is a base requirement for any network operator, without exception.

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